GreekChat.com Forums  

Go Back   GreekChat.com Forums > Greek Life
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Greek Life This forum is for various discussion topics regarding greek life. If you are posting a non-greek related message, please do so in one of the General Chat Topic forums.

» GC Stats
Members: 329,765
Threads: 115,673
Posts: 2,205,400
Welcome to our newest member, Garrettced
» Online Users: 9,624
0 members and 9,624 guests
No Members online
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #196  
Old 10-23-2009, 04:50 AM
LucyKKG LucyKKG is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 4,419
One of my bf's friends (a Sigma Pi) always asks me what Kappa Kappa Gamma means, and I ALWAYS give him the same fake answer. Then he's always surprised I told him so readily until he realizes I'm full of it. There's usually drinking involved. Then he tries to tell me that Sigma Pi means Sons of Christ -- then "Psych! That's Sigma Chi!"

Ha! We've had that conversation at least 3 times.
__________________
On the heart of each sister
lies one
0-----,, that binds us
Reply With Quote
  #197  
Old 10-23-2009, 07:01 AM
AlwaysSAI AlwaysSAI is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: The river of hopes & dreams.
Posts: 2,993
Send a message via AIM to AlwaysSAI
Quote:
Originally Posted by Senusret I View Post
drinking +grips * dual membership/drinking = disaster
ehem. yeah.
__________________
ΣAI
ΑΓΔ
Reply With Quote
  #198  
Old 10-23-2009, 09:07 AM
MysticCat MysticCat is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: A dark and very expensive forest
Posts: 12,731
Quote:
Originally Posted by 33girl View Post
If by open arms you mean butcher knife to the balls, yeah, definitely.
Yep, pretty much what I was picturing.

But yikes and Ow!
__________________
AMONG MEN HARMONY
1898
Reply With Quote
  #199  
Old 10-23-2009, 09:49 AM
tld221 tld221 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: only the best city in the world
Posts: 6,261
Quote:
Originally Posted by Senusret I View Post
drinking +grips * dual membership/drinking = disaster
LOL i see that getting outta hand.

oh me and my silly puns!
__________________
Do you know people? Have you interacted with them? Because this is pretty standard no-brainer stuff. -33girl
Reply With Quote
  #200  
Old 10-23-2009, 10:23 AM
33girl 33girl is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hotel Oceanview
Posts: 34,519
There are some things I think I figured out because of crest similarities. But I could be wrong.

Then of course, there's the ever popular concept of the guy who thinks telling secrets will get him laid...it didn't.
__________________
It is all 33girl's fault. ~DrPhil
Reply With Quote
  #201  
Old 10-23-2009, 11:49 AM
Gusteau Gusteau is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,791
I have a [nerdy] interest in heraldry, so I have some hunches, but I guess I'll never know...
__________________
"Delta Chi is not a weekend or once-a-year affair but a lifelong opportunity and privilege"
- Albert Sullard Barnes
Reply With Quote
  #202  
Old 10-23-2009, 12:00 PM
MysticCat MysticCat is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: A dark and very expensive forest
Posts: 12,731
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gusteau View Post
I have a [nerdy] interest in heraldry, so I have some hunches, but I guess I'll never know...
Now, now . . . an interest in heraldry is never nerdy!

MysticCat types as he looks at the heraldry books on his bookshelf.

Any chance you have a (nerdy) interest in vexillology, too?
__________________
AMONG MEN HARMONY
1898
Reply With Quote
  #203  
Old 10-23-2009, 12:06 PM
twinkle555 twinkle555 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: La La Land
Posts: 1,710
I know the handshake of a certain sorority..an ex-member at my work asked me to hold out my hand and then she just did it..i had no idea what she was doing because it was just so random! Then she told me it was XYZs handshake...lets just say she was a bitter ex-member and I guess by breaking the rules and showing me it would make her feel better.
__________________
"It's not a house, it's a h o m e."- ΑΟΠ
Recruitment Advisor
Reply With Quote
  #204  
Old 10-23-2009, 12:27 PM
DrPhil DrPhil is offline
Banned
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 14,730
Quote:
Originally Posted by twinkle555 View Post
I know the handshake of a certain sorority..an ex-member at my work asked me to hold out my hand and then she just did it..i had no idea what she was doing because it was just so random! Then she told me it was XYZs handshake...lets just say she was a bitter ex-member and I guess by breaking the rules and showing me it would make her feel better.
She is lame and probably crazy.
Reply With Quote
  #205  
Old 10-23-2009, 12:46 PM
Alumiyum Alumiyum is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Tatooine
Posts: 2,173
My mom is in a different sorority than I am, so I know a few things about her sorority though she's never actually directly told me...I picked up on little things after I was initiated into my own sorority that I hadn't before. I'm sure most Greek organizations have a lot of similarities in rituals, grips, etc. I know a little about a fraternity's crest because I did some painting for them in their chapter room and a drunk member told me some things...other friends in other sororities have told me way more than they should have about selection processes and disciplinary actions. I don't think I know anything terribly important about any other organization, though...I've never shared anything "secret" from mine.
Reply With Quote
  #206  
Old 10-23-2009, 02:46 PM
littleowl33 littleowl33 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 615
Quote:
Originally Posted by LucyKKG View Post
One of my bf's friends (a Sigma Pi) always asks me what Kappa Kappa Gamma means, and I ALWAYS give him the same fake answer. Then he's always surprised I told him so readily until he realizes I'm full of it. There's usually drinking involved. Then he tries to tell me that Sigma Pi means Sons of Christ -- then "Psych! That's Sigma Chi!"

Ha! We've had that conversation at least 3 times.
That reminds me of my conversations with my Sigma Chi friends. I've heard drunk brothers say things that sound like ritual, but then they'll tell me that they're joking, so I don't know if it's actually real. They've also shown me a very obviously made-up grip. The only truly secret thing I've seen was a garment I found in a brother's closet when I was looking for something else. He moved it after I told him! Oh, I also accidentally walked into a room where they'd held some sort of ritual and hadn't cleaned up yet.

I've also had someone come up to me all full of themselves and tell me that they know what Kappa Kappa Gamma means - "Key to the Kingdom of God". Hence the key symbol... get it? I wasn't sure whether to pretend to act shocked or just laugh!

Last edited by littleowl33; 10-23-2009 at 02:48 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #207  
Old 10-23-2009, 03:03 PM
Gusteau Gusteau is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,791
Quote:
Originally Posted by MysticCat View Post
Any chance you have a (nerdy) interest in vexillology, too?
Somewhat, though not as obsessive as my heraldic interests.

Interestingly enough, I found an old version of The Quarterly online with an article written by a Sigma Chi about the Armorial Bearings of The Delta Chi Fraternity where he describes the heraldic principles of our Coat of Arms without knowing the significance behind them. Its very interesting to see how traditional heraldry matches up (or doesn't) with Ritual.
__________________
"Delta Chi is not a weekend or once-a-year affair but a lifelong opportunity and privilege"
- Albert Sullard Barnes
Reply With Quote
  #208  
Old 10-23-2009, 03:19 PM
katiedelta3 katiedelta3 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Okinawa, Japan
Posts: 3
I was told a few things by some guys when drunk, I always stopped them. I don't want to know their secrets. I knew some things I wasn't supposed to when my then-boyfriend went to college and I was still in high school. I didn't know to stop him, was just intrigued. I haven't tried to research or pry for information because I don't want to know.
__________________
Delta Three, Delta Tri, Delta Delta 'til I die!

WRECK EM, TEXAS TECH!
Reply With Quote
  #209  
Old 10-23-2009, 03:46 PM
pshsx1 pshsx1 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Posts: 2,643
One of my brothers has studied heraldry a lot and started saying what certain symbols meant, all of which happened to be on the Sigma Pi crest. My Sigma Pi friend in the room didn't really act any different and, even if my brother was spot on about each thing, that doesn't really mean it revealed any secrets.. kind of how the symbols on SigEp's crest have deeper meanings below the public ones (like the sword of virtue or the star of hope, for instance).
__________________
Σ Φ Ε
Michigan Theta SLC
Reply With Quote
  #210  
Old 10-23-2009, 04:05 PM
Kevin Kevin is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Posts: 18,668
Lots of rituals are online... I know where. I don't really care or have any interest in other peoples' rituals though. I've looked through a few and they were all similar in a lot of ways.
__________________
SN -SINCE 1869-
"EXCELLING WITH HONOR"
S N E T T
Mu Tau 5, Central Oklahoma
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:32 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.